Google has truly outdone itself with their doodle in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

Available in some parts of the world — it hasn’t yet hit the U.S. Google homepage yet — the “Whodle” is an 8-bit interactive game that users play as the Doctor of their choice. The mission? Dodge Daleks, Cybermen and other obstacles to retrieve letters and spell the word “Google.”

It’s currently available on a handful of Google sites, including Google New Zealand. And it’s addictive. As in you-will-suddenly-lose-hours-of-that-wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey-stuff-to-this-game kind of addictive. I don’t want to give too much away here, so I’ll just link to it and send you on your way.

Joe Nguyen is the online prep sports editor for The Denver Post. He had prior worked with the Post's YourHub section, covering Adams County and Aurora. His obsessions have ranged from comics books and...

A nerd who is intrigued by all things extraordinary and otherworldly. When he’s not working, he can be found in a small room, playing D&D, pretending to be a three-foot gnome who charges dragons while mounted on a fox.